Did you know that August 19, 1956 was not only a very special day, but also a very unique one? Here are 14 funny facts about this unique day that will help you understand why it's so special. It's very important to pay attention to these facts because otherwise you might miss out on something truly amazing.
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Did you know that people born on August 19
We have calculated your birthday for the next 10 years. It's going to be a fun time to celebrate with family and friends. You'll get lots of gifts, too! There are 237 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 70 years old. There have been 25330 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 8444 days, which is equivalent to 23.13 years. You spent 33.52% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wednesday | 70 Years Old |
| 2027 | Thursday | 71 Years Old |
| 2028 | Saturday | 72 Years Old |
| 2029 | Sunday | 73 Years Old |
| 2030 | Monday | 74 Years Old |
| 2031 | Tuesday | 75 Years Old |
| 2032 | Thursday | 76 Years Old |
| 2033 | Friday | 77 Years Old |
| 2034 | Saturday | 78 Years Old |
| 2035 | Sunday | 79 Years Old |

According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 19

People born on 19
When you were born, there were many famous people in history who were born on the same day as you but in different years. The following are famous people in history who commemorate birthdays on August 19
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1646 | John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (d. 1719) |
| 1686 | Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (d. 1737) |
| 1689 (baptized) | Samuel Richardson, English author and publisher (d. 1761) |
| 1711 | Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (d. 1761) |
| 1719 | Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1781) |
| 1743 | Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France (d. 1793) |
| 1777 | Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies (d. 1830) |
| 1815 | Harriette Newell Woods Baker, American editor and children's book writer (d. 1893) |
| 1819 | Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Luxembourger-Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1894) |
| 1830 | Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (d. 1895) |
Did you know that on August 19
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2015 | George Houser, American minister and activist (b. 1916) |
| 2015 | Sanat Mehta, Indian activist and politician (b. 1935) |
| 2016 | Jack Riley, American actor and voice artist (b. 1935) |
| 2017 | Dick Gregory, American comedian, author and activist (b. 1932) |
| 2019 | Lars Larsen, Danish businessman and billionaire, founder and owner of the Danish retail chain JYSK (b. 1948) |
| 2021 | Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor (b. 1939) |
| 2023 | Václav Patejdl, Slovak musician (b. 1954) |
| 607 BC | Duke Ling of Jin, Chinese monarch |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 19
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Otłoczyn railway accident: In Poland's worst post-war railway accident, 67 people lose their lives and a further 62 are injured. |
| 1980 | Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people. |
| 1981 | Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States F-14A Tomcat fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra. |
| 1987 | Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide. |
| 1989 | Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist prime minister in 42 years. |
| 1989 | Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. |
| 1991 | Crown Heights riot begins. |
| 1991 | Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The August Coup begins when Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine. |
| 1999 | In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević. |
| 2002 | Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny, killing 118 soldiers. |
In 1956, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 90,665 baby boys were named Michael in 1956. The rest were named James, Robert, David and John. While the popular baby girl name in 1956 was Mary. There were 61,743 baby girls named Mary that year. While the rest were named Debra, Linda, Deborah and Susan. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
Based on World Population Data, in 1956 there were 2,822,443,254 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 235,203,605. This shows that there were 235,203,605 babies born every month in 1956. It can also be concluded that there are 7,840,121 babies born every day and 5,445 babies born every minute which is mean that 91 babies born every second in the year 1956. Maybe one of them is you.
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